Improvement in foot-rests for chairs



J. VOSE. Foot-Rests for Chairs.

No. 196,506. Patented 0m. 23, I877..-

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JOHN VOSE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOT-RESTS FOR CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,506, dated October23, 1877; application filed March 10, 1877.

' have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rest Chairs,of which the follow ing is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of footrest chair having the restarranged within the supporting frame-work of the chair, to be put intoand out of position for use as a rest for the legs and feet of theoccupant, as he may so desire.

The improvement will be fully hereinafter described; and has for itsobject to furnish a foot or leg rest which can be swung beneath or outfrom the chair, and be held in either adjustment, and at the same timethe rest is constructed so as to be capable of being extended orcontracted longitudinally, for increasing or decreasing the length ofthe rest, as will be fully hereinafter set forth,'and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 is a central verticalsection from front to rear of a chair, showing the rest in position foruse, and by dotted lines as closed and out of position for use. Fig. 2is a horizontal section on line 00 m, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detailview, showing a modification in construction and arrangement of thefoot-rest for being opened out and closed.

In the drawings, A represents a chair-frame, of any suitableconstruction, B being the supporting or leg frame, 0 the seat, and D theback.

E is a bar or rod, arranged transversely within the leg-frame B, belowthe seat 0, and for being turned in bearings of the chairframe.

F is the foot or leg rest, and a a arms,which connect s'aidrest to thesaid rod E, and so bent that, if the rest be brought to the frontof thechair by turning its carrying-rod E in the proper direction therefor,the rest will then be in such relation to the lay of the chair-seat asto constitute a rest or support for the legs of the occupant, providedit is then properly sustained.

b is a notchedwheel on rest-carrying rod E,

and c a spring slide-bolt, which is arr nged on chair-frame for beingengaged with the notched wheel I), to hold, through said wheel, the rodE from turning.

The notches of said wheel are in such relation to the positions of therest when within or without the chair-frame as to enable the shaft E tobe locked against movement, and thereby the rest is fixed in itspositions of use or non-use, as may be desired.

d at are a series of arms, which are arranged and connected together ina manner similar to the well-known lazy-tongs, so-called, (see Figs. 1and 2,) or to the common and wellknown slides or bars ofextension-tables. (See Fig. 3.) These arms dare connected at one end tothe carrying-arm's a for the rest F, and at the other end to the rest F,and between such two connections they are free to open out from andclose up on each other, to bring the rest either more or less in advanceof the chairseat, as may be desired by the occupant.

A rest constructed to open and close, substantially as herein described,obviously may be applied to other constructions and arrangements of acarrying-frame from that herein particularly described.

O is a crank-handle on rest-carrying shaft E for convenience in turningit to put the rest into and out of position for use. Q

\Vhen desired to place the rest into or out of position for use, firstdisengage the bolt 0 from the notched wheel I), and then turn the rod orshaft E either to the right or left, as the case may be, after whichinterlock the bolt and notched wheel to then fasten the rest inposition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The foot or leg rest, fastened to the bent arms a of a shaft, E,turningin the chair framework, in combination with the notched wheel I) on saidshaft and bolt 0 of the chair, all substantially as and for the purposespecified.

JOHN VOSE.

\Vitnesses EDWIN W. BROWN,

GEO. H. EARL.

